What were your overall impressions? I am not a fan of the Classroom 2.0 or of any of the Ning Networks. It was fun, however, to join the MISD 23 Things Ning Network, but the overall layout of both was not always user friendly. I would like to think of myself as more tech savvy than most, but I found it difficult to go through and search any of the forums and find one of particular interest. Maybe it was because it was missing all the "flash" and "bedazzle" that some of the other social networks offer, but it appeared boring and unexciting to go through and find new information.
Did you find any discussions or resources of value? I went through and searched some of the forums related to science, since that is my content area, but I was shocked to see how little networks there were considering how the internet can reach millions.
Do you have any ideas for using social networking in your own professional or personal learning, or in classroom learning? I would be more interested to see how I might be able to use the Ning network, similar to what MISD set up for my students to follow. I am still unsure how the "acceptable use" policies would come into play and how protected my students would be from advertisements, etc. I do think professionally, it would be a fun way to network through departments on campus or district wide. It may be a quicker way to share ideas than emailing!??! Regardless, it connects you to people that you may have otherwise not communicated with!
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